Article
No evidence for linkage between COMT and schizophrenia in a French population.
Psychiatry research - 10 May 2001
de Chaldée M, Corbex M, Campion D, Jay M, Samolyk D, Petit M, Thibaut F, Laurent C, Mallet J
Abstract excerpt
Catechol-O-methyltransferase is a candidate in the predisposition to schizophrenia both because of its function and the position of its gene. A multipoint non-parametric linkage analysis and a transmission disequilibrium test were performed on 42 multiplex families genotyped for Pml I and Bcl I polymorphisms using two definitions of the affected phenotype. Neither linkage nor preferential transmission of any...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
